Mr Khaw, what are you hiding from the public?
Pls answer this:
How did 1 eye dragon knew Tang Wee Sung?
Who is the middleman between 1 eye dragon and Tang?
Did Tang pays 1 eye dragon's family money for him to specifically indicate Tang as the recipient of his kidney?
Khaw Boon Wan, pls be honest and dont try to pull wool over our eyes pretending that you do not know what is going on.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_324770.html
Khaw mum abt organ donor
By Jamie Ee Wen Wei
Mr Tang's court case last year sparked a public debate about letting organ donors receive compensation.
HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan says he is glad that former C.K. Tang boss Tang Wee Sung has a new kidney and wishes him well.
He did not, however, confirm if Mr Tang, 56, had received the kidney of triad leader Tan Chor Jin, dubbed the One-Eyed Dragon, who was hanged at Changi Prison last Friday.
Mr Tang, who was jailed for a day and fined $17,000 for trying to buy a kidney for transplant last year, received a new organ at the National University Hospital last Friday.
The Straits Times yesterday reported that it is believed Mr Tang received Tan's kidney.
Responding to reporters' queries on the sidelines of a seminar organised by the Speak Mandarin Campaign, the minister said: 'I think we leave it to the patient and the family of the late Mr Tan to confirm or refute whether there was this directed transplant. I think for patient privacy, I cannot comment more than that.'
But he did say that he was happy 'about both outcomes'.
'I'm glad that Mr Tang was finally able to get a successful transplant and we wish him well. And, on the other hand, the late Mr Tan of course has paid for his crime.'
He added: 'By his own act of donating his own body parts to save whichever life that can be saved, I think that's a very praiseworthy act on the part of the late Mr Tan, and I think that should be commended.'
Tan, 42, who was blind in his right eye, was convicted in May 2007 of firing six rounds from a Beretta pistol at nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon, 40, in 2006.
He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His appeal to the President for clemency was rejected two weeks ago.
When queried, Mr Khaw said that under the current Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota), it is permissible for a donor to dictate the recipient of his organ.
'If he made the decision while he was alive, he has absolutely the right to do so.'
Mr Tang's court case last year sparked a huge public debate, which led to moves to change Hota to allow living organ donors to get monetary compensation from the recipient or a voluntary organisation.
The Sunday Times understands that the four-week public consultation on the amendments, which started in November last year, has been concluded and its results will be announced soon.
Besides the compensation, another proposed change to Hota is to lift the current age limit of 60 for cadaveric donation for donors and recipients.
Pls answer this:
How did 1 eye dragon knew Tang Wee Sung?
Who is the middleman between 1 eye dragon and Tang?
Did Tang pays 1 eye dragon's family money for him to specifically indicate Tang as the recipient of his kidney?
Khaw Boon Wan, pls be honest and dont try to pull wool over our eyes pretending that you do not know what is going on.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking+News/Singapore/Story/STIStory_324770.html
Khaw mum abt organ donor
By Jamie Ee Wen Wei
Mr Tang's court case last year sparked a public debate about letting organ donors receive compensation.
HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan says he is glad that former C.K. Tang boss Tang Wee Sung has a new kidney and wishes him well.
He did not, however, confirm if Mr Tang, 56, had received the kidney of triad leader Tan Chor Jin, dubbed the One-Eyed Dragon, who was hanged at Changi Prison last Friday.
Mr Tang, who was jailed for a day and fined $17,000 for trying to buy a kidney for transplant last year, received a new organ at the National University Hospital last Friday.
The Straits Times yesterday reported that it is believed Mr Tang received Tan's kidney.
Responding to reporters' queries on the sidelines of a seminar organised by the Speak Mandarin Campaign, the minister said: 'I think we leave it to the patient and the family of the late Mr Tan to confirm or refute whether there was this directed transplant. I think for patient privacy, I cannot comment more than that.'
But he did say that he was happy 'about both outcomes'.
'I'm glad that Mr Tang was finally able to get a successful transplant and we wish him well. And, on the other hand, the late Mr Tan of course has paid for his crime.'
He added: 'By his own act of donating his own body parts to save whichever life that can be saved, I think that's a very praiseworthy act on the part of the late Mr Tan, and I think that should be commended.'
Tan, 42, who was blind in his right eye, was convicted in May 2007 of firing six rounds from a Beretta pistol at nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon, 40, in 2006.
He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His appeal to the President for clemency was rejected two weeks ago.
When queried, Mr Khaw said that under the current Human Organ Transplant Act (Hota), it is permissible for a donor to dictate the recipient of his organ.
'If he made the decision while he was alive, he has absolutely the right to do so.'
Mr Tang's court case last year sparked a huge public debate, which led to moves to change Hota to allow living organ donors to get monetary compensation from the recipient or a voluntary organisation.
The Sunday Times understands that the four-week public consultation on the amendments, which started in November last year, has been concluded and its results will be announced soon.
Besides the compensation, another proposed change to Hota is to lift the current age limit of 60 for cadaveric donation for donors and recipients.
